We pray for our children because: We cannot do it without Divine Intervention

 We cannot “wing” parenting. Most mothers really do want to be good mothers but fail to utilize the right resources to help them do so. Some mothers who can afford to will buy the latest books available on ” successful parenting” others will have chat sessions with other mothers to hear how they do it, but in the end will come up short.  I have come to realize that parenting is not even about your support systems. I have seen children being messed up who come from 2-parent families, rich families, poor families, black families, white families, Hispanic and Asian families; well-educated families and un-educated families.

 

 I realize that In order to do this job of parenting right, we need the wisdom and guidance of the Holy Spirit. It is crystal clear that we cannot be successful mothers/parents without divine intervention.  I found out that the best manual on child-rearing so far is the Bible- Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth. Do children from Christian families mess up? Yes they do, but the bible tells us that they will “not depart from it” Prov. 22:6. Jeremiah 24:7 also tells us that God will give them a heart to know Him and “they shall return.” That is what God has promised.

There is nothing wrong with reading a book about parenting but we must be careful to make sure that the contents line up with what the word of God is saying. Being a mother requires considerable effort. It requires many hours of knee time, studying the word of God, and obedience to the word. It takes unconditional love, patience, kindness, compassion, gentleness and longsuffering. The best we can do is to keep our children before the Lord daily, and teach them biblical information that will help them make right choices in life. God through the Holy Spirit is the only one that can bring the revelation that will eventually result in character transformation. This is what Isaiah 54:13 is talking about-“All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children.”

"Luck” does not factor into child rearing, it’s all about the blessings, Grace and Mercy of God and your obedience to His word.  

Have a great Weekend!

In His Service,

 Vilma

Scripture declaration for our children

I trust you are doing well. Perhaps with your feet up and relaxing.  How are your children doing? For those of you with younger children I imagine you are busy with back-to-school shopping seeing the summer holiday is almost over and it’s that time to return to school.  Whatever you do, make that budget and stick to it. You are empowered.

For this week let me share with you some powerful declaration that I read from an article titled “Intercessors for a righteous nation” by Ann Kramer founder and president. In writing to her intercessors, Ann mentioned that as they prayed for the nation, one of their first priorities must be our children.  I thought this was right on target and echoed my passion of praying scriptures for our children.  Here is a sample of these declarations.

Father, I declare that my offspring possesses the nations.  They are as mighty arrows in the hand of a warrior, to launch into the nations to bring in the Kingdom, and to launch into the camp of the enemy to bring great deliverance and victory for Your people.  (Isaiah 54:3; Psalm 127:4). Thank You, Father, that the only work which You require of me as a parent is to believe in Your Son, Jesus.   Therefore, I claim Your promise that MY WORK SHALL BE REWARDED.  By faith I declare that my children are returning from the enemy's land.  There is HOPE in my future. My children are coming again to their own country.  (John 6:28-29; Jeremiah 31:16-17).

Have a great weekend.

In His Service,

Vilma

Mom-you are blessed and Highly favored

 How are you doing today? What great thing did God do for you and your family this week? Is it something that you would like to share? If you are willing to share it, I would love to hear it.

  It is so amazing when you think of how blessed we are to be chosen by God to be a mother. He could have chosen so many other people but he chose you and gave you this awesome task of motherhood. Any mother knows how difficult things can get at times raising children, but it is also true how much of a blessing children can be. This is one of the reasons that keep me going at times when I want to quit. This fact keeps me P.U.S.H-ing even when it seems like I am pushing against a brick wall. What about you?

 The bible has many verses that serve as a guide to correctly raising and teaching our children. The bible also tells us not to merely listen to the word of God, but to also do what it says (James 1:22).

  Here is a verse from Genesis that I would like you to read and meditate on this weekend.  "For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.” Genesis 18:19.

Do you realize that this is what God is also saying to you? Have a great weekend

 In His Service,

Vilma

What concerns you also concerns God

It is such a pleasure to write to you again today. I do hope you had another great week and you are looking forward to a relaxing weekend. Were you able to memorize any of the promises of God for you and your family this week? Well if not let's shoot to start doing so this weekend.

  

 Do you have a child or children that you are concerned about. Perhaps they may have a chronic illness, or have been diagnosed with a type of cancer, or learning disability; maybe they are being bullied at school or themselves bullying other children. It could be that they are rebellious and challenge everything you tell them, perhaps you are concerned that they seem to have no friends or too many friends. Whatever the issue, if it is concerning to you then it is important. We talked last week that every promise that God has for you and your children are sealed with a yes and an amen. Is there a promise that would address our concerns about our children?

  

 Here is one that I do believe fits very well and it comes from Psalm 138:8. This scripture makes it very clear that the Lord will perfect that which concerns you.  The word perfect here means to mature or bring to completion . God will not leave you to flounder. What concerns you concerns Him as well. Phil 1:6 reassures us that if He has started any work with us He will see it through. All that you need to do is to tell God about your concern. Open your heart to Him, you can confide in Him, He will never repeat what you have told Him. You mean too much to Him. God will keep His promise you only need to believe it.

  

 In His Service,

 

 Vilma

Activating God's Promises

I trust this was a great and productive week for you and I wish for you and your children an empowering weekend.

  

For this week I would like to focus our attention on activating the promises of God for us and our children. The bible is filled with promises for us and our children. I have not personally counted them but according to one source they are in excess of 3000. I am not going to get hung up on how many they are but can confidently say that they are numerous. It must ne noted that most of these promises do not have the actual word "promise" mentioned but uses other words which has the same meaning.

One of the first thing that we need to understand is that all of these promises are secured in Christ by an Amen- 2 Cor. 1:20 The only thing between these promises and there activation is us. We can start the activation process by simple believing that all these promises are indeed true. The next thing we need to do is to become familiar with what these promises are. It is senseless trying to access, what you don't know exist. We do this not just by what we hear people say but we can go through the bible for ourselves and find these promises. Identify at least one of these promises to meditate on daily and read what the requirements are to achieve it and follow them. Believe me when I say they will not be anything that you are not equipped to do. God does not wire us for failure but success.

  

  Let us practice Psalm 112:1-2    Blessed is the man that fear (reverence) the lord, and delight in obeying His commands.

 

So what does these verses say that I should do to be blessed? Reverence God and be happy in obeying Him.  Not only will I be blessed but it continues to say that my children will be successful everywhere they go and a whole generation will be blessed. All this from my having a reverential fear for God and an obedient heart. Go ahead get a jump start.

 

 In His Service,

 

 Vilma

Cast Your Care Upon Him

I trust you had a great fourth of July, some good food, fun and relaxation. and you were able to perhaps enjoy at least some of the fireworks.

For this week I would like to leave you with these words of exhortation which comes from I Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Did you realize that Jesus cares as deeply for you as he did for his own  mother.  Unlike when left the care of His mother to John as He hung on the cross, He has taken on the responsibility to care for us personally. Jesus is aware of how concerned mothers are over their children, He understands our heart beat. After all He saw how concerned His own mother was when at the age of 12 years old their first trip out of town He was missing.

Jesus is also equally concerned about your children. Can you remember when He rebuked the disciples and told them to let the little children come to Him? What did He do?  He took them in His arms and blessed them.

Go ahead give Him your concerns and worries. Take your children to Him as He asks, He only wants to bless them and you as well.

 If you can please tune in to the Webinar tomorrow see info below.

 

Sat. July 6th -4pm-2nd MPUSH Webinar:

To Register: http://www.anymeeting.com/PIID=E956D68783463C

To attend meeting: http://www.anymeeting.com/mpush1

Phone# 213-465-4340 Access Code:501 1552

 

 

 In His Service,

 

Vilma

 

Speak to those dry Bones

Here we are at the last weekend in the sixth month of 2013. Were there some resolutions that you had at the start of the year? Well you better get going before you know it 2014 will be here.  If you have young children, before you blink they will have grown up and off to college, so hang in there and do the best you can while enjoying every moment of it.

  I hope by now you are convinced that you are full of God's power and greatness. and as such you are able to confront the impossible situations in your life.  Victory has already been given to us, we only need to know how to appropriate it.  Ezekiel faced a valley of dry bones- (impossible situation) when God asked him the question can these bones live? It was not that God did not know the answer but He was challenging Ezekiel's faith.  God then told Ezekiel to prophesy to the dry bones, again God was confirming the fact that the words from our mouth are powerful. (Ezekiel 37:1-14).

Like He did to Ezekiel God is challenging us about some dry areas in our lives that we have given up on because life seems impossible. Think about what these areas are and speak to God about them and listen carefully to what He tells you to do. Exercise your Faith and speak to these situations and tell them exactly what God tells you to say, then watch the life return to them.  Remember that it is not about you, but more about who is within you.  It is not about knowing what He says but more about obeying what He says.

 
 In His Service,

 

 Vilma